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CONTENTS
PREFACE..
INTRODUCTION.
DIGEST OF BHAVADEVASURI'S PARCVANATHA CARITRA..
SARGA THE FIRST
Invocation of Arhats and Divinities...
Frame story: The brothers Kamatha and Marubhūti. Story of Lalitanga and his servant Sajjana.... Parable of the hunter who was moved to compassion. Story of Lalitāñga, continued..
Fable of the swan and the crow..
Story of Lalitāñga, continued..
Story of the parrot that brought the fruit of immortality. Story of Lalitanga, continued..
Story of the Crāvaka Gandhāra who rejected magic art.. Story of Lalitāñga, concluded...
Frame story: The enmity between the brothers Kamatha and Marubhūti..
Two parables..
Frame story: The enmity between the brothers Kamatha and Marubhuti, continued..
SARGA THE SECOND
Frame story: King Kiranavega.
Story of Prince Bhima and his friend Matisagara...
Parable of the six men who started to destroy a hostile village Story of King Naladharma and the deer.
Parable of the illusory deluge..
Story of King Naladharma and the deer, continued.
Story of Prince Bhima and his friend Matisagara, continued. The wicked Kāpālika....
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